"I always appeal the people to keep the balance of the blood units in the banks full always. During elections, this becomes a problem. I am aware about the four blood groups but if we include the RS blood group, it is eight. In situations like road accidents and diseases, the blood banks sho
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 23: India's kidney donor shortage is worrying, in a year over 2,00,000 patients need a kidney transplant in India. But, only roughly 8,000 to 12,000 kidney transplants are happing. Inspite of best treatment options only 3% to 5% of patients under going
A 28-year-old woman with AB positive blood group donated her kidney to her 43-year-old husband, whose blood group was B positive. The kidney transplant was successful, the kidney parameters came back to normal by the second post operative day and the patient was subsequently discharged witho
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 16: Kauvery Hospital Main, Alwarpet a unit of Kauvery Group of Hospitals, a leading multispecialty healthcare chain in Tamil Nadu, successfully performed Swap Kidney Transplants for two critically ill patients who were awaiting their transplants. In a he
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): An original research conducted by the Department of Research and Department of Blood Transfusion Medicine at a private hospital in Delhi has found that blood groups A, B, and Rh+ are more susceptible to COVID-19 infection whereas O, AB, and Rh- are at lo